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A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... is reached, but Woolworths has left the blood on the floor for all to see. There may have been a clear sustainability strategy and narrative at one point, but someone has come in over the top with all manner of loud irrelevancies, pictorial and otherwise. ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... membership, consulting services, training, resources and events. Net Balance offers services around five areas - sustainability strategy and advice, climate change, environmental services, social and community investment and economics. The merger comes ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... energy savings certificates are viewed as a source of added return, rather than a central component to the sustainability strategy. "We're viewing it as an additional income stream that didn't appear in our business case," he said. "It's a good initiative ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... to local factors, said Karen Zwissler, head of sustainability for SAP Australia and New Zealand. This sustainability strategy has seen SAP feature in the Dow Jones Sustainability index for five consecutive years, Zwissler said. Part of SAP's corporate ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... approximately AU$140m of securities, equivalent to 2.5% of issued securities. The company's integrated sustainability strategy addresses 11 social and environmental issues that have been identified as material to the business. "The business case for ...

DEXUS head office, Republica Coffee declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... St, Sydney, has been certified carbon neutral after the company assessed energy usage and developed a sustainability strategy. The strategy focuses on reducing waste to landfill, increasing recycling, increasing the use of recycled products, reducing ...

Global Reporting Initiative publishes events sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... also about sharing best practices and can enhance learning for event organizers not yet so familiar with sustainability strategy and reporting. Attendees are interested to know the sustainability strategies behind events." Given the growing interest ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... participants," the report said. "The most material issues were used to inform the development of Mirvac's sustainability strategy, future reporting, and to further align with the Mirvac Group strategy and strategic driver of sustainability excellence." ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches sustainability database

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... thousand companies worldwide. The new Sustainability Disclosure Database permits free access to companies' sustainability strategy, performance, and impacts on society and nature. The database features sustainability reports - both stand-alone and integrated ...

KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... According to KPMG's Corporate Sustainability: A Progress Report, 62% of companies report having a corporate sustainability strategy, only 5% have no plans to create such a strategy and the rest are in the process of developing plans. The survey interviewed ...